Champfleuri 2010 Final Prep!

Greetings to everyone in the Name of our Lord Jesus! It is hot and humid here in PA, and so there is a bit of added incentive to spend some time in the cooler (hopefully) French Alps sharing our Lord with 60+ French campers (full camp!). What a blessing this trip has been in the past, and we are excited to see what the Lord will carry out this time around as well. We have just a few returning campers, and very few that we know since we haven’t been back since 2007 … so there will be many new relationships to form! There will also be several new and returning faces on the leadership team, so excitement is building on our end.

As for our team, I couldn't be more pleased with its make-up. We have a younger-than-normal high school team that has absorbed a great deal through our weeks of preparing (via Bible studies, logistical planning, crafting and sharing of testimonies, praying, fundraising, etc.). We are set to head out and put what we've learned to the test, trusting that the Lord will use us to His glory. (Lest you think otherwise, we are more than aware of the fact that no amount of planning on our part can ever replace the planning and work the Lord has been doing behind the scenes!). I'm picturing frantic households in final preparation as I write this!

Please remember to pray for us while there, and make sure that you track our every move every day via this blog. Specifically, pray that we would honor the Lord by being faithful witnesses to Christ's saving work. Pray that unbelievers who will be at the camp will come to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, believers would be encouraged in their faith, and that all attendees will be moved closer to a thriving walk with Him. Pray that Satan would be bound and that TED 2010 would be a memory for all to look back on and see God's goodness. Pray for wisdom for the leaders to handle the plethora (whoa, big word) of issues that are bound to arise. Finally, please pray that we would be servants, even when the days get long and language barriers become more difficult. So you will not forget, here is the GVPC 2010 Champfleuri team... "Intentional campers" (alphabetically): Bailey Barstar, Meredith DiRico, Bek Fanus, Christine Farrell, Jennie Holland, Stephanie MacDonald, Kris Peterson, Corey Pittounicos, Rachel Schuck, Natalie Scott, Tim Shackleton, Jon Steel, Justin Sybrandt, Liz Turner, and Chris Yake. Leaders are Wendy DiRico, Christina Hoffman, and Jim Shackleton.

See you in France!